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Tuesday 9 December 2025 · 20:00 · HT 0-1 · Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading · Referee Craig Hicks

Reading v Peterborough United: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Reading's last 9 home games and Peterborough United's last 8 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 9 of 17, over 2.5 goals in 7 of 17, with 8.8 corners per match (league 10.0) and 4.5 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Reading's 17 League One games and Peterborough United's 17 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Reading v Peterborough United, full match

48%

Possession

52%

1.66

Expected goals (xG)

0.71

16

Shots

8

4

Shots on target

4

5

Corners

3

13

Fouls

12

1

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

2'

Goal

Jimmy Morgan PET

39'

Yellow card

Benjamin Woods PET

52'

Yellow card

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan REA

58'

Yellow card

Jimmy Morgan PET

60'

Goal

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan REA

68'

Goal

Harry Leonard PET

73'

Yellow card

Harley Mills PET

At a glance

Reading

12th in the table

W

D

W

D

W

Peterborough United

18th in the table

L

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Reading's home games and Peterborough United's away games in League One this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Reading's last 9 home games and Peterborough United's last 8 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

53%

9/17 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

71%

12/17 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

41%

7/17 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

6%

1/17 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

29%

5/17 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

65%

11/17 games · League 56%

Reading clean sheet

33%

3/9 games · League 27%

Peterborough United clean sheet

25%

2/8 games · League 27%

Reading fail to score

11%

1/9 games · League 27%

Peterborough United fail to score

25%

2/8 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.2

League 2.6

Corners

8.8

League 10.0

Cards

4.5

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Reading

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joel Pereira

DEFENDERS

2

3

15

33

MIDFIELDERS

8

Charlie Savage

10

Lewis Wing

29

Kamari Doyle

FORWARDS

9

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan

11

Daniel Kyerewaa

21

Randell Williams

SUBSTITUTES

25

12

17

19

18

30

7

Peterborough United

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Alex Bass

DEFENDERS

12

23

26

30

MIDFIELDERS

4

Archie Collins

16

Benjamin Woods

24

Jimmy Morgan

FORWARDS

11

Declan Frith

17

Kyrell Lisbie

27

Harry Leonard

SUBSTITUTES

21

33

8

10

22

28

19

Referee: Craig Hicks

14 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

2.9

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

2.9

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

22.4

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.07

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

REA

PET

Match

League

Goals per match

2.4

2.6

2.5

2.4

Over 0.5

100%

17/17

100%

17/17

100%

34/34

95%

Over 1.5

82%

14/17

76%

13/17

79%

27/34

71%

Over 2.5

35%

6/17

59%

10/17

47%

16/34

46%

Over 3.5

12%

2/17

12%

2/17

12%

4/34

22%

Over 4.5

6%

1/17

12%

2/17

9%

3/34

10%

Bet

REA

PET

Match

League

Yes

65%

11/17

41%

7/17

53%

18/34

49%

Yes and win

6%

1/17

6%

1/17

15%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

29%

5/17

35%

6/17

32%

11/34

35%

Yes and draw

41%

7/17

6%

1/17

24%

8/34

18%

Yes and loss

18%

3/17

29%

5/17

15%

Yes in both halves

6%

1/17

0%

0/17

3%

1/34

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Bet

REA

PET

Match

League

Corners per match

9.5

8.0

8.7

9.9

Over 7.5

76%

13/17

59%

10/17

68%

23/34

76%

Over 8.5

53%

9/17

41%

7/17

47%

16/34

62%

Over 9.5

41%

7/17

24%

4/17

32%

11/34

49%

Over 10.5

35%

6/17

12%

2/17

24%

8/34

38%

Over 11.5

29%

5/17

12%

2/17

21%

7/34

31%

Over 12.5

18%

3/17

12%

2/17

15%

5/34

22%

Referee Craig Hicks: 2.9 cards and 22.4 fouls per game in 14 games this season

Bet

REA

PET

Match

League

Cards per match

3.8

4.2

4.0

3.8

Over 2.5

59%

10/17

76%

13/17

68%

23/34

74%

Over 3.5

47%

8/17

65%

11/17

56%

19/34

52%

Over 4.5

35%

6/17

41%

7/17

38%

13/34

32%

Over 5.5

24%

4/17

24%

4/17

24%

8/34

22%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Jimmy Morgan

10 starts · 0.4 per 90

20%

2/10

30%

3/10

0%

0/10

0%

0/10

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Reading

Last 5 games before this match

29 Nov

Blackpool

(A)

3-0

W

22 Nov

Rotherham United

(H)

1-1

D

6 Nov

Stevenage

(H)

1-0

W

25 Oct

Doncaster Rovers

(H)

1-1

D

21 Oct

Northampton Town

(H)

1-0

W

Peterborough United

Last 5 games before this match

29 Nov

Doncaster Rovers

(A)

1-2

L

25 Nov

Stevenage

(H)

0-1

L

20 Nov

Stockport County

(H)

3-0

W

8 Nov

AFC Wimbledon

(H)

5-0

W

25 Oct

Blackpool

(H)

1-2

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Reading and Peterborough United haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League One table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Lincoln

46

31

10

5

89

41

+48

103

W

D

W

2

Cardiff

46

27

10

9

90

50

+40

91

L

W

D

3

Stockport

46

22

11

13

71

58

+13

77

W

L

W

L

D

4

Bradford

46

22

11

13

58

51

+7

77

W

D

L

5

Bolton

46

19

18

9

70

52

+18

75

L

D

W

L

6

Stevenage

46

21

12

13

49

46

+3

75

W

D

W

D

L

7

Luton Town

46

21

11

14

68

56

+12

74

W

D

W

8

Plymouth

46

22

7

17

75

63

+12

73

W

D

W

D

9

Huddersfield

46

18

13

15

74

64

+10

67

W

L

D

10

Mansfield

46

16

17

13

62

50

+12

65

W

D

W

D

11

Wycombe

46

17

12

17

69

58

+11

63

W

L

D

L

12

Reading

46

16

15

64

60

+4

63

L

D

L

13

Blackpool

46

17

9

20

54

65

-11

60

W

L

14

Doncaster

46

17

9

20

50

69

-19

60

W

D

L

W

15

Barnsley

46

15

14

17

68

73

-5

59

L

W

L

D

16

Wigan

46

14

18

49

58

-9

56

L

D

W

17

Burton

46

13

15

18

50

60

-10

54

D

W

D

18

Peterborough

46

15

8

23

64

68

-4

53

L

D

L

D

L

19

AFC Wimbledon

46

15

8

23

51

72

-21

53

L

W

L

20

Leyton Orient

46

14

10

22

59

71

-12

52

D

L

D

L

21

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

52

61

-9

49

L

D

W

22

Port Vale

46

10

12

24

36

61

-25

42

L

W

L

D

23

Rotherham

46

10

11

25

41

71

-30

41

L

D

L

W

L

24

Northampton

46

9

8

29

39

74

-35

35

L

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Reading v Peterborough United: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Reading

Peterborough United

Referee: Craig Hicks

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Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Reading

Peterborough United

Head to head

League One table